--- title: "Nova Poshta converts branches into warehouses across the country after fulfillment center destroyed in Sviatopetrovsk" description: "After the destruction of a robotic fulfillment center in Sviatopetrovsk, Nova Poshta is converting branches across the country into local warehouses to reduce vulnerability to repeated Russian strikes and ensure the continuity of its partners' operations." date: 2026-08-30T13:56:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/nova-poshta-decentralized-warehouses-after-sviatopetrovsk-strike tags: [nova-poshta, logistics, ukraine, russian-strikes, fulfillment, e-commerce] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Nova Poshta converts branches into warehouses across the country after fulfillment center destroyed in Sviatopetrovsk ![Firefighter walking among deployed hoses at the destroyed Nova Poshta fulfillment center in Sviatopetrivka, with the company's red containers in the background](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/30/nova-poshta-decentralizatsiya-skladov-posle-udara-svyatopetrovskoe/nova-poshta-decentralizatsiya-skladov-posle-udara-svyatopetrovskoe-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On the night of August 28, 2026, Russia carried out three strikes on Nova Poshta's fulfillment center and sorting depot in Sviatopetrovsk - The company is moving to a decentralized model: postal and cargo branches across the country are becoming local warehouses - Thousands of books from Ukrainian and foreign publishers were destroyed; Nova Poshta is compensating the damage and helping restore print runs - CEO Tafiychuk stated that the company's resilience is built on the ability to restructure, not on protecting a single large facility On the night of August 28, 2026, Russian forces carried out three strikes on a single location in Sviatopetrovsk in the Kyiv region, where Nova Poshta's fulfillment center and sorting depot were located. According to the company, a modern robotic fulfillment center was destroyed β€” one that had been developed over several years using advanced engineering solutions. The strike was one of the most destructive hits on Ukraine's logistics infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war and directly affected thousands of the company's customers and partners. ### Shift to a decentralized storage model In response to the loss of a key hub, Nova Poshta CEO Yevhen Tafiychuk announced a fundamental change in the company's goods storage model. The company is moving away from concentrating stock in large centralized facilities toward a decentralized scheme: cargo and postal branches across Ukraine are effectively being turned into local warehouses. Customers' assortments will be distributed across multiple locations, which significantly reduces dependence on a single large center and allows businesses to keep operating even in the event of repeated strikes on infrastructure. ### Loss of thousands of books and support for publishers Particular pain, according to Tafiychuk, was the loss of thousands of copies of books β€” world bestsellers and works by Ukrainian authors. Among the affected publishers are A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA, Vivat, Osnovy, and others. The company is already holding individual negotiations with each publisher and store whose stock was destroyed, in order to determine specific needs and develop support mechanisms. Nova Poshta is taking on the compensation for the damage and helping partners restore lost print runs and publish new editions. ### "Resilience lies in the ability to restructure" Commenting on the strategic shift, Tafiychuk emphasized that the company's resilience "lies in the ability to quickly restructure, distribute risks, and support partners under any circumstances, rather than simply in walls or equipment." Thus, the company is betting on the flexibility of its network and the geographic distribution of risks, rather than on protecting a single large asset. The new model, as envisioned by management, is intended to make Nova Poshta's fulfillment service resilient to repeated attacks on logistics infrastructure. ### Context: strikes on logistics as part of a strategy The strike on Nova Poshta's facilities in Sviatopetrovsk continued a series of attacks on Ukraine's civilian logistics and warehouse infrastructure. For a company that, in wartime conditions, performs not only the role of a postal operator but also a key link in e-commerce logistics, the loss of a robotic fulfillment center means not only direct material damage but also a temporary disruption of supply chains for thousands of online stores. The transition to a decentralized model is, in essence, an acknowledgment that, amid ongoing strikes on infrastructure, concentrating stock in a single location has become an unacceptable risk. ## πŸ” Fact-Check Verification - [Nova Poshta changes its storage model to withstand Russian strikes, says CEO](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/nova-poshta-zminyue-model-zberigannya-shchob-1788097982.html) - ΠŸΡ€ΡΠΌΡ‹Π΅ Ρ†ΠΈΡ‚Π°Ρ‚Ρ‹ Π³Π΅Π½Π΄ΠΈΡ€Π΅ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Π° Π’Π°Ρ„ΠΈΠΉΡ‡ΡƒΠΊΠ° ΠΎΠ± ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈ хранСния, ΡƒΡ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³ ΠΈ компСнсациях. Π”Π°Ρ‚Π° ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π° β€” Π½ΠΎΡ‡ΡŒ Π½Π° 28 августа. Π’Ρ€ΠΈ ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π° ΠΏΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π»ΠΎΠΊΠ°Ρ†ΠΈΠΈ Π² БвятопСтровском. - [Nova Poshta opens its own customs warehouse in Poland: how this will affect business](https://www.unian.net/economics/other/novaya-pochta-kompaniya-otkryla-sobstvennyy-tamozhennyy-sklad-v-polshe-13013034.html) - ΠšΠΎΠ½Ρ‚Π΅ΠΊΡΡ‚Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ источник ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄ΡƒΠ½Π°Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ логистичСской инфраструктурС ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΈ. НС содСрТит Π΄Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ…, ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡ€Π΅Ρ‡Π°Ρ‰ΠΈΡ… основной ΡΡ‚Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΠ΅. НС использован Π² тСкстС Π½Π°ΠΏΡ€ΡΠΌΡƒΡŽ. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What exactly was destroyed in Sviatopetrovsk? **A:** On the night of August 28, 2026, three strikes were carried out on Nova Poshta's fulfillment center and sorting depot in Sviatopetrovsk in the Kyiv region. A robotic fulfillment center, developed over several years, was destroyed, along with thousands of copies of books from partner publishers. ### Q: How exactly is Nova Poshta changing its storage model? **A:** The company is moving from centralized storage to a decentralized model: cargo and postal branches across Ukraine are becoming local warehouses. Customers' assortments are distributed across multiple locations, which reduces dependence on a single large center. ### Q: What will happen to the destroyed books from publishers? **A:** Nova Poshta is holding individual negotiations with each affected publisher and store, compensating the damage, and helping partners restore lost print runs and publish new editions. Among those affected are the publishers A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA, Vivat, Osnovy, and others. ### Q: When did the strike take place? **A:** The strike on Nova Poshta's facilities in Sviatopetrovsk was carried out on the night of August 28, 2026. By the time of the article's publication (August 30, 2026), the company had already announced its transition to a new storage model.